Philosophy statement should add a clause for being appreciative.

[Jorge Castro]

Saying "thank you" or "you rock!" should be more part of our philosophy, to encourage people to not only contribute, but to thank the person next to them.

http://www.ubuntu.com/project/about-ubuntu/our-philosophy

We can use this bug to hash out the wording or whatever.

[Mark Shuttleworth (sabdfl)]

Agreed!

[Daniel Holbach (dholbach)]

Can anybody propose a sentence or two, so we can assign the bug to ubuntu-website to get it added?

[Martin Albisetti (beuno)]

Let me try and kick something off:

"Appreciation
The most essential part of Ubuntu, is people. Ubuntu contributors donate most of their time and energy to make things better for everyone and as a community we feel passionate about recognising and highlighting these efforts and contributions.
The next time you see someone put in some of their time, please take a moment to thank them in the most thoughtful way possible, this way you will be fuelling and encouraging their future contributions."

[Mark Shuttleworth (sabdfl)]

... as a branch?

[Daniel Holbach (dholbach)]

The bug is about http://www.ubuntu.com/project/about-ubuntu/our-philosophy - should this be in the CoC instead? The philosophy page has little to say about people and how we interact, but is more about the software.

[Martin Albisetti (beuno)]

On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 8:11 AM, Daniel Holbach
<email address hidden> wrote:
> The bug is about http://www.ubuntu.com/project/about-ubuntu/our-
> philosophy - should this be in the CoC instead? The philosophy page has
> little to say about people and how we interact, but is more about the
> software.

I'm not sure this should something we want to enforce like the CoC,
but just generally something to encourage. T
The fact that the philosophy page says little about people and how we
interact is interesting, as I would of expected to be a big focus.
Maybe we need to draft up the content in their a bit better?

--
Martin

[Mark Shuttleworth (sabdfl)]

I thought it was in the CoC too. I get the point about the CoC being
"rules" and this being "encouraged" but perhaps there's also room to
describe what we value? Like:

  "We value and celebrate initiative and competence and insight and
experience; take time to thank those who contribute around you and to
celebrate in public the contributions that raise the bar for all of us.
Encourage those with the best ability to lead others and support leaders
who have taken on responsibilities in the project so that they can have
the most constructive impact possible. Consider finding ways in which
you too can lead, and when you do, bear in mind that we have a higher
standard of conduct required of leaders throughout the project."

Mark

[Martin Albisetti (beuno)]

On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 11:29 PM, Mark Shuttleworth
<email address hidden> wrote:
> I thought it was in the CoC too. I get the point about the CoC being
> "rules" and this being "encouraged" but perhaps there's also room to
> describe what we value? Like:
>
>  "We value and celebrate initiative and competence and insight and
> experience; take time to thank those who contribute around you and to
> celebrate in public the contributions that raise the bar for all of us.
> Encourage those with the best ability to lead others and support leaders
> who have taken on responsibilities in the project so that they can have
> the most constructive impact possible. Consider finding ways in which
> you too can lead, and when you do, bear in mind that we have a higher
> standard of conduct required of leaders throughout the project."

Sounds good to me. If there's consensus I'll start figuring out the
different places where this needs to be updated (Launchpad,
ubuntu.com).

--
Martin

[Daniel Holbach (dholbach)]

I like the proposed text. If we want to update the philosophy page, it should be enough to reassign to lp:ubuntu-website and maybe update the bug description.